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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Wo R Birkett, long time summer visitors to the town and district, will depart Tuesday for London. They will pause briefly in Toronto, then visit New York for a few days before sailing from there on the Queen Mary on August 34.
Southend and MacAuley Misses Elsie Pogue and Annie Turner attended the wedding of Mr and Mrs Neil Challis on July 30 in Portage. Several localsvisited Gimli Camp Winnipeg Beach and Bagot area with families. 4H Camp guests and church events noted. Cards and thanks express gratitude from Gordon Little after a hospital stay.
A broad list of community updates details visits by relatives from Nipawin and Dauphin, trips to Port Arthur and Dryden, a Killarney Lake holiday, and weekend gatherings in MacGregor. Notable items include Wallace Dolossi’s horse accident, the MacGregor Baby Clinic on August 23, a large Forrester’s Picnic drawing hundreds, and a belated 72nd birthday for Bert Thompson with local friends. The publisher and family recount a CPR trip to Calgary Edmonton and Banff, praising Banff and Edmonton’s growth and noting Eddie Gilroy and the Lambs among friends met.
Mr and Mrs Stan Moore and Larry returned home Saturday from a two week motor trip to eastern Canada. They journeyed via Mackinac Straits to St Thomas Ontario Niagara Falls and Buffalo New York on the eastward leg and returned through Detroit Chicago St Paul crossing into Canada at International Falls. The group totaled 3507 miles with no car trouble. Donald Boch of Carberry visits Allan Brisco for a few days. Mr Alex MacDonald spent a few days visiting in Winnipeg. H L Bill Turner remains a patient in Vancouver hospital. Robt Douglas and Elsie Roberts announce the birth of their son William Lyall at MacGregor Hospital on August 5.
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